Novelty holder



July 17, 192s. 1,677,820

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|. M. FOSTER NOVELTY HOLDER Filed Feb. 20. 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet /ffez Es er Patented July 17, 1928.

entre@ INEZ MERcY'Fosrnn, or snvrLA, INDIA.

NOVELTY HOLDER.

Application nled February 20, 1926. Serial No My present invention has reference to what l will term ya novelty holder.

My object is the provisionl of v'a device yhaving'a compartment in which isfarranged a receptacle that contains toys, novelties or 'any other desired objects, and which is normally cont'eal'ed in the compartment through the medium of `doors or closures for the said compartments, and which, when the said 11 doors or closures are opened, is automatically projected 4a determined Jdistance through the compartment, -so that the contents of the receptaclewill be exposedv a-nd may be removed therefrom.

A further object is the provisionof a Inovelty of this character adapted yto serve as a dispenser forgifts, especially at Christmas time, and 'which 'will serve 'botlras'an amusement and surprise `for children as well sa as adults.

A. still further object is the provision /of'a novelty7 of this character'ihavin'g doors closl 'ing a compartment, iand in whiohrcompartment there is arranged ya' receptacle Y for lsuitaafable articlesto be dispensed as Christmas presents and wherein means is providedy for swinging the doors or closures-to openlposition and for elevating'thereceptac'le to bring -thefcont-ents of the llatter'fto display:'p'osi'ti'om.A

i0 means b'eingalso provided whereby the closing` of the doors will cause the 'receptacle to travel to its initial position, llwh'ilea musicalV instrument 'will be operated i'nlthe' sliding-of the receptacle toboth off its positioi'is` 3:, 'A still'further object fis theprovisionfof a'novelty of this ch'a'rao'ter whichwill'serve as a 'storage vfor perishable ar.ti`cles,11and f which'while lprimarily designed as la con -tainer for Christmas gifts orffavo'rsffmaybe also employed as avdisplay vand/dispensing devicefor commercialartieles. y

To the attainment lof the above'bltoadly stated. objects and many others vwhich will appear as the nature of the invention is betl ter understood, reference is toy be had to the drawings in which rthere are illustrated satisfactory embodiments of the invention,

and wherein:

Figure l is an approximately central longitudinaly sectional view through the improvement.

Figure 2 is a vsectional view on-the line 2e-2 of Figure l.

t '3,3 of Figure l.

Figure 3 'is a sectional yView on theline,

. 89,803, and inereat Britain-February'ze, 1925` Figurelis a perspective vie-w of the slidable frame for the'shiftable gears.y Y y `Figure ''iis asectional View on 'the line 55-of Figure l. y 1

, Figure-6 is an enlarged detail sectional view of the operating handle for the gear shift.

In theseiigures a cylindrical compartment is indicated by the numeral 2G and the slidarble vgift or toy holding receptacle by the numeral 27. Two doors are/provided for the-vcompartment'26. These door sec- 'tions are eaclrindicated lby the numeral 28, each of the said sections being hinged,1as'at V29, to the mouth of the compartment. In-

ward of the hinges there is fixedly` secured inz the compartment'plates 3 0 .whose outer endspare preferably rounded 'andvbifurcated Passing through the headed endsof the-arms there are vpivots 3l which secure therebevtween the rounded and headed ends of curved arms 33. The heads 32 are peripherally toothed andthe outerends of the-arms `have piV'ota-lly secured thereto'antisfrictional rollers 34. vThese rollers normally contact with the inner rounded'faces ofthe cover f sections 28 andare Aheld 'in such engagement by' track members 35. The plates t30 may have-'their inner fixed ends extended tofpro" vide:substantiallyi U-shaped brackets 436, and .rjournaled vthrough these brackets and the walls ofthe compartment 2G there are short Y- stubshaftsfBT. VFixedlysecured onrea'chv of thestubshaft`s37f there is aworm wheel38 =that `is'fin'meshxwith the'toothed yhead of the' respective arms 1 33. EThe' stub shafts'also support thereon sprocket wheels around Which are trained sprocket chains '40. IThesechai-nsware also trained around 'similar vsprocketfwheels thattare lined Onav shaft/H -f Whose: ends are journaled in bearings on the inner: si'de ofv the compartment 26 below the bottom-of thereceptacle 27. The shaft '4l Ahas fixed thereon, equidistant'fromits cenv"ter'facing beveled gears 42 and 43,'respectively.

The' receptacle 27 is held properlyv spaced from the compartment 26 through themefdium' of curvedarms or levers 4e supported "by meafns on the bottom ofthe receptacle :27.I`1The portions 'of the arms depending below the fsupportsMt are v'of a materially greater length than those projecting up- 'vva'r'dly from'fsaid supports, and each end of the I curved arms :is bifurcated 'and has in one direction.

pivotally rollers 46 and 47, respectively. These rollers contact with the inner walls of the compartment 26.

Disposed centrally between the facing beveled gears 42 and 43 and suitably supported on the bottom of the compartment 26 there is a springl wound motor 48. The barrel of the motor has centrally secured thereon a ring gear 49 which is in mesh with a similar ring gear 50 that is mounted on a shaft 51 and the fiat upper face of the ring gear may provide a table for a disc record 52.

Vr1`he record has its groove engaged by the lever on the sound arm of a phonograph 53.

The spring wound motor 48 .is provided with a winding gear 54 engaged by a pinion 55 that carries a gear 56. The gear 56 is in mesh with a gear 57 on the end of a winding rod or lever 58. The lever is journaled in suitable bearings and passes through one side of the compartment and has its outer end cranked, as at 59.

0n its upper face the motor casing is provided with a beveled gear 60 which is, of course, operated by the motor and this gear is at all times in mesh with two oppositely disposed comparatively small beveled gears 61 and 62 which have stub shafts journaled in bearings in suitable uprights that are fiXed in the bottom or floor of the compartment. VTothe opposite sides of the motor 48 there are secured on the licor or bottom of the compartment 26 the foot portions of frame members 63. The upper portion of the frame members are each provided with spaced longitudinally extending elongated slots 64 and 65, respectively, and in these slots there are received the rounded ends or lugs 66 formed on upper and lower crossed arms 67 and 68. The edges of one pair of each of theV crossed arms have integrally formed therewith U-shaped extensions 69,

connected together at their outer end, by` a central element 70. Secured to the element 70 there is a rod 71, that passes. through a suitable opening 73 in one side of the compartment and which arm has its outer end formed with an arm 74. There is journaled between the central and connectingportions of the crossed arms 67 and 68 a shaft that vcarries thereon a beveled face gear 75. It

will be apparent that bysliding the gear supporting frame, comprising the crossed arms, in one direction the double faced gear 75 will be brought in mesh with the gear 42 and 61 so that the shaft 41 will be turned On each of the sprocket chains 40 there is an outstanding lug 76 designed for contacting engagement with similar lugs 77 on the outer face and adjacent to the bottom of the receptacle 27. We will say that the double faced beveled gear when brought to position justl described will cause the shaft 41 to revolve so that the lugs 76 mounted therein anti-frictionalwill contact with the lugs 77 and elevate the receptacle 27. It is to be noted that the short or stub shafts 37 will be tuined by the sprocket chains so that the worm wheels thereon will revolve the pivot arms 33 causing the said arms to swing the cover sections 28 to open position. The swinging movement of the cover sections is limited by the contacting engagement thereof with the outer ends ofthe stub shafts 37 and when so arranged and the receptacle is brought toits fully elevated position, the lugs 76 will free themselves from engagement with the lugs 77. `When soarranged vthe op erator moves the rod 71 to bring the double faced gear 75 out of mesh with the gears 42 and 61 and when it is desired to return the parts to their lowered initial position the i'od 71 is further moved so that the double faced gear 75 will be brought to mesh with the gears 43 and 62, thus causing the shaft 41 to turn in a reverse direction and by virtue of such turning to again bring` the lugs 76 on the sprocket chain to Contact with the lugs 77 to lower the receptacle 27 and to closeV the covers 28. In the meantime the sound producing device will be operated. Suitable means, broadly indicatedbyA the numeral 79, may be moved to engage one of the gears of the motor to prevent the operation of the member when the receptacle is to be held stationary in the compartment. The rod 71 is provided with spaced spring catches 80 and 81, respectively, These catches are movable to contact with the inner or outer faces of the compartment s0 that it is not necessary to hold the rod and the gear shift frame associated therewith when the receptacle is ybeing raised or lowered.

It is believedthat the foregoing description when carefully read in connectionwith the drawings will fully set forth the simplicity of my construction, the operation thereof and its many advantages. `While l have illustrated satisfactory embodiments of my improved device my features of invention are capable of extended application and I ldo not wish tobe limited to the specific structure herein shown and described.

Having described the invention, I claim 1. In a device for the purpose'set forth, a compartment, hinged doors normally closing the compartment, pivotally mounted arms in the compartment contacting Vwith the doors, and said arms having segmental teeth at their pivoted ends, worm wheels lOO journaled in the compartment and in mesh f with said teeth, a receptacle in the coinpartment, and motor operatedfmeans for imparting a vertical .movement to the receptacle and for turning the worms toswing the arms to causeV the doors to open andV close when the receptacle is being raised or lowered.

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2. In a device for the purpose set forth, a compartment, hinged doors for closing the compartment, curved arms pivoted in the compartment and having segmental ends formed with teeth, anti-frictional elements on the outer ends of the arms, guide means on the doors for the arms, worm wheels journaled in the compartment and engaging with the toothed ends of the arms, a receptacle in the compartment and motor operated means for raising and lowering the receptacle to predetermined positions in the compartment and for revolving the worm Wheels to swing the arms to open or close the doors.

3. In a device for the purpose set forth, a compartment, hinged doors for the compartment, pivotally supported toothed arms in the compartment contacting wit-h the doors, guide means between the arms and doors, worm wheels having shafts journaled in the compartments and in mesh with the toothed portions of the arms, a receptacle arranged for slidable movement in the compartment, a motor, endless Chains operated by the motor, and connected with the pivots of the worm wheels for likewise revolving Y said worm wheels, lugs on the chains, lugs on the receptacle engageable with the lugs of the chains and ridable thereover but designed when contacting therewith to raise or lower the receptacle and control means for the motor. 1

et. In a device for the purpose set forth, a compartment, hinged doors for closing the compartment, curved arms having toothed ends supported in the compartment, and en gaging with the doors, guide .means between the arms and doors, worm wheels having shafts journaled in the compartment and meshing with the toothed portions of the arms, a receptacle arranged for slidable movement in the compartment, means .supporting the receptacle in its lower position, anti-frictional means carried by the receptacle and engaging with the compartment, for spacing the receptacle in the compartment, a motor, sprocket chains operated by the motor and connected to the shafts forthe worm wheels, means operable .from the exterior of the compartment, engageable with the motor and with the drive shaft for the chains to cause the motor to drive the chains in either of two directions or to permit of the operation of the motor without inuencing the chains, lugs on the chains, .and lugs on the receptacle engageable with the lugs of the chains, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature INEZ MERCY FOSTER. 

